A Bow to the World

For seven hundred years, the realm of Kanwu was torn apart by chaos and war, leaving its people devastated. At last, the rulers of five states met and formed an alliance, establishing the Five Great Dynasties. The Five Emperors sealed their pact in blood and swore never to take up arms against one another. That year became known as the first year of the Dading era. But could seven hundred years of warfare in Kanwu really be brought to an end by a mere treaty?

It was in this age, on the verge of peace yet still far from peaceful, that the seven-hundred-year era of declining spiritual power quietly came to an end. Emperors and rulers, civil and military officials, martial artists of the jianghu, immortals from the mountains, heroic spirits and ghosts, and gods of mountains and rivers all took the stage, each seeing the world anew.